Drinking cup and the like



Nov. 27, 1928.

A. S. PINCKNEY DRINKING cuf AND THE LIKE Filed Jilly 29, 1926 ATTORNEY rammed Nov. 27, less.

UNITED STATES ARTHUR s. PINGKNEY, or DAYTON, OHIO.

DRINKING CUP AND THE LIKE.

Application filed July 29, 1926. Serial No. 125,808.

This invention relates to improvements in drinking cups.

In the accompanying drawings which serve to illustrate the invention:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved drinking cup, partially collapsed;

Fig. 2 is an edge or side view of Fig. 1;

Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of F ig. .1;

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of the inner paper blank before the cup is assembled; 1 f

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view'of the outer paper blank;

Fig. blank for the cup.

The objects attained in the invention consist in a collapsible drinking cup made of waxed or paraflined paper or other suitable impervious material and enclosed in a protective sanitary cover made preferably of celluloid or like materials to adapt the cupto be carried in the pocket or otherwise for repeated use.

The main novelty of the improved cup consists in the features which adapt the cup for repeated use, to be carried conveniently as an artlcle for personal use, and which serve to v preserve the sanitation of the cup and to protect the same against breakage, etc.

The protective cover for the cup is also adaptable for carrying or displaying an advertising as well as useful data, as a calendar, etc. the printing of such matter being preferably, where a transparent cover is used, on the paper inside the cover, being thus protected again-st effacement by continued use of the cup. Thus the means for preserving the servioeability of the cup and protecting any printing thereon serve to give the same increased value as a personal advertising medium.

The improved drinking cup is especially adaptable for distribution on passenger trains and boats, in hotels, theaters, schools. parks, etc., and in all public places where drinking water is available.

As shown in the drawings the collapsible cup is made up of two blanks 1-2, illustrated in detail in Figs. 5 and 6, the blanks being cut and scored for folding and assembling one blank with the other. Blank 1 comprises two e ual half portions disposed on opposite sides of its vertical center line -0, each portion being scored on lines 3-4-5-6 extended radially from a point 7 and on line 8 between the points 7 The bottom of the blank is out on opposite curved lines 9 and straight line 7 is a diagrammaticview of the'cover 10 intermediate the curves. Each half of the blank as defined by the score lines consists of portions 1l121314;, the intermediate portion 15 and bottom portion 16 being common to both halves.

The successive steps of folding blank 1 are illustrated in Figs. 3-4, the first step c0nsist tions 11 being folded across portion 15 with their edges brought together substantially in register with center line c. The bottom portion 16 is then folded upwardly on score line 8 at right angles to center line -c, over portions 11, an adhesive joint being formed betweenthe parts to avoid leakage of the cup at the seams. A compound fold is effected at the opposite lower corners of the cup by fullness of the material as indicated at 18 which has the effect of strengthening the cup at the lower corners.

Theouter paper blank 2, illustrated in Fig. 6, is rectangular shape and is scored as at 19 on its transverse center line to effect a fold of the opposite half portions 2021, the portion 21 being scored or cut on lines 22 to register with score lines 6 of blank 1 as the blanks are superposed one upon the other upon assembling the cup. lhe score lines 622 adapt the drinking edge of the cup, that is to say, the edge placed to the mouth upon drinking from the cup, to be drawn outward, as indicated in Fig. 1, to cause the water to bedelivered from the center of the cup. The blanks 12 are assembled one with the other as illustrated in Figs. 1-2, the adjoining faces being joined together adhesively to effect a water-tight container.

The sanitary cover 23 for the cup, illustrated in Fig. 7 is shaped substantially like blank 2, the same being scored on line 24 to adapt the cover to be folded over the assembled cup as illustrated in Figs. 1-2, the upper edges of the entire assembly being fastened together, as here shown, by staples 25. The upper edges of portions 11 of blank 1 and the upper edges of portion 20 of blank 2 and the corresponding edge of the cover 23 are cut away as indicated at 26 to, provide added clearance for the nose as the cup is turned at an angle when drinking.

Any suitable advertisement or data may is made' extend substantially parallel to the center line 0 of the blank, the opposite p'orbe printed on the opposite faces 20-21 of material, folded transversely over the oppo- 15 blank 1, the same being protected by and visible through the transparent cover 23. It will be obvious that the printing may also be applied on the outer faces or inversely on the inner faces of the cover 23. When printed on the outer faces of the cover it will be unnecessary to use transparent cover material.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A collapsible drinking cup comprising an inner portion folded along the opposite edges and converging toward the bottom edge thereof, an intermediate portion of like material and a cover portion of unlike transparent site sides of said inner portion.

2. A collapsible drinking cup comprising an inner portion folded into pleats at the op posite edges and converging toward the lower edge thereof, presenting seams and an overlapping joint on one face, and a portion folded transversely and covering the opposite sides of said inner portion, one face of said inner portion and the adjoinin face of the outer portion being scored for eflecting the same outward as the cu is extended.

In testimony whereo I aflix my signature.

ARTHUR S. PINCKNEY. 

